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Use the following information of Alfred Industries.
Standard manufacturing overhead based on normal monthly volume: | ||||||
Fixed ($303,400 ÷ 20,000 units) | $ | 15.17 | ||||
Variable ($100,000 ÷ 20,000 units) | 5.00 | $ | 20.17 | |||
Units actually produced in current month | 18,000 | units | ||||
Actual overhead costs incurred (including $300,000 fixed) | $ | 383,800 | ||||
Compute the overhead spending variance and the volume variance. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "Favorable" or "Unfavorable". Select "None" and enter "0" for no effect (i.e., zero variance).)
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Overhead Spending Variance | = | $ 20,306 | Favorable | ||
Overhead Volume Variance | = | $ 30,340 | Unfavorable | ||
Workings: | |||||
Overhead Spending Variance | |||||
actual overhead | - | Overhead Budgeted | |||
$ 3,83,800 | - | $ 3,93,400 | = | $ 20,306 | Favorable |
Overhead Budgeted | = | (18000 X $5) + $303400 | |||
= | $ 3,93,400 | ||||
Overhead Volume Variance | |||||
Fixed overhead rate | X | (Actual units produced - Budgeted production units) | |||
$ 15.17 | X | (18000 - 20000) | = | $ 30,340 | Unfavorable |